STS-125: LAUNCH ATTEMPT 1 and FLIGHT DAY 1 - May 11

• #400 by psloss on 11 May, 2009 18:52
• Quote from: Lawntonlookirs on 11 May, 2009 18:51

  Great launch.  I assume that everything is good in orbit.  I was just surprised that we ddin't see the ET separation as we have for the ISS missions.
  

  Already answered here and has been noted -- even Bill Gerstenmaier said so at the post FRR briefing a couple of weeks ago.
  
  This was the first ET camera to go due east.
  
  Edit -- first and (very likely) last.
  
• #401 by ShuttleDiscovery on 11 May, 2009 18:53
• Great launch!
  
  Thanks for the great coverage
• #402 by Ronsmytheiii on 11 May, 2009 18:54
• http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1368163 does not seem to work any more
• #403 by ChrisGebhardt on 11 May, 2009 18:55
• For those of you keeping track, the official launch time today was, apparently, 14:01:56 EDT. It looks like Atlantis got off her pad right when they expected her to.
• #404 by kneecaps on 11 May, 2009 18:55
• First up is CONFIG GPCs FOR OPS 2 on 1-2. A dual G2 set will be used.
  
  GPCs 1 and 2 will run the OPS 2 guidance software. GPC 3 will be freeze dried and GPC 4 will be loaded with the SM software.
• #405 by Ben the Space Brit on 11 May, 2009 18:56
• OMS-2 burn complete and reported as 'good'.
  
  Out of interest, what is the average g-loading from the OMS engines?
• #406 by rdale on 11 May, 2009 18:56
• KSC reports fire on the north side of D(?) road right outside of the fenced area.
• #407 by kneecaps on 11 May, 2009 18:57
• I think MCC are forgetting Atlantis is LOS at the moment
  
  (or they just came back!)
• #408 by eeergo on 11 May, 2009 18:58
• Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 11 May, 2009 18:49

  watching John44's video something fell off after SRB separation.
  

  
  Seeing that! Looks small, and definitively didn't hit the vehicle.

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• #409 by kneecaps on 11 May, 2009 18:58
• MCC confirming GPC setup Dual G2 and as per written procedure.
• #410 by kch on 11 May, 2009 18:58
• Quote from: psloss on 11 May, 2009 18:52

  
  This was the first ET camera to go due east.
  
  Edit -- first and (very likely) last.
  
  

  
  We sure hope so, don't we?
• #411 by kneecaps on 11 May, 2009 18:59
• The first thing is to assign the busses that GPC 3 (which will be freeze dried) is currently commanding to a different bus. It is important to do this before halting GPC 3.
• #412 by Ford Mustang on 11 May, 2009 18:59
• Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 11 May, 2009 18:49

  watching John44's video something fell off after SRB separation.
  

  
  It appears debris did come off the tank, but far and away from the orbiter.  Nowhere near it.
• #413 by Ronsmytheiii on 11 May, 2009 19:00
• Liftoff images:
  
  http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/search.cfm?cat=4

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• #414 by Jim on 11 May, 2009 19:00
• Quote from: Ben the Space Brit on 11 May, 2009 18:56

  OMS-2 burn complete and reported as 'good'.
  
  Out of interest, what is the average g-loading from the OMS engines?
  

  
  F/M=a
  
  2 x 6klb/250klb= .05 g
• #415 by kneecaps on 11 May, 2009 19:01
• Atlantis calls about to 'contract' the current set of 4 guidance computers into a set of only 2 computers (GPCs 1 & 2)
• #416 by rdale on 11 May, 2009 19:01
• Grass fire on the north side of the fenced area betweeon LOX & Hydrogen lines.
• #417 by psloss on 11 May, 2009 19:01
• Quote from: kch on 11 May, 2009 18:58

  Quote from: psloss on 11 May, 2009 18:52

  
  This was the first ET camera to go due east.
  
  Edit -- first and (very likely) last.
  
  

  
  We sure hope so, don't we?
  

  Um, yes.
  
  Additional launch replays while waiting for post launch presser in 15.  Started with OTV 009.
  
• #418 by rdale on 11 May, 2009 19:02
• From KSC: "Site 1 and Site 4 on MLP are complete with no discrepancies, on each pad surface there is a lot of debris, we don't know what it is but there's a bunch of debris."
• #419 by MKremer on 11 May, 2009 19:03
• Oooo! Engineering camera video replays!